Printer&#39;s magazine rack



1929- F. M. JOERNDT ET AL 1,725,143

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED M. J OERNDT AND WILBUR A. JOERNDT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; SAIDWILBUR A. JOERND'I ASSIGNOR T SAID FRED M. -JOERNDT.

PRINTERS MAGAZINE RACK.

Application filed March 1, 1928.

This invention relates to improvements in printers magazine racks, suchas are used in holding linotype machine matrices.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an improved rack ofsimple and economical construction which will hold the magazines incompact relation but which permits the loading and unloading of themagazines with minimum effort and without interference or obstructionwith any portion of the supporting apparatus.

Other objects relate to various features of construction and arrangementof parts which will become apparent from a consideration of thefollowing specification and accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rack having a plurality of magazinesupporting carriers,

Fig. 2 is a detached view of a magaz ne carrier showing a magazine inposition therein,

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the rack illustrating theconstructioncommon to each carrier,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional detail plan view of the rear end of acarrier. and related portion, taken on line 44 of Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 is anenlarged detail plan View of the rear portion of thecarrier, the upper track being broken away for the purpose of clearness,

Fig. 6 is a broken vertical sectional View taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 3.

The apparatus comprises a suitable supporting structure having frontcorner posts 10, 10 which may be of angle iron, and similar rear cornermembers 11, 11. The ends and rear portions may be suitably braced toprovide a rigid structure and, except for the front, is preferablyprovided with a sheet metal casing 12 to exclude dust and other foreignmatter from the magazines and to protect the same against fire.connecting the rear posts 11 adjacent the upper ends thereofis ahorizontal cross plate 13 which is riveted or otherwise secured to theposts. Joining the front posts 10 are two spaced plates let, 15similarly secured. These front and rear plates support track members 16,17 respectively, there being as many pairs of tracks as there aremagazines to be supported by the rack. v

Thetracks 16, 17 are preferably formed of Serial No. 258,345.

metal tubes which may be bolted as at 18, 19 to the plates 14, 15respectively and held by nuts to the plate 13, or they may be otherwisesecured in position.

The magazine carrier comprises wheel 20 which is journaled between thearms 21 of the rear end of the carrier bar 22. The arms 21 may beriveted to the bar 22 as shown in Figure 5 or other suitableconstruction may be employed. The trolley 20 is positioned between theupper and lower tracks 16 and 17 and is adapted to bear against one orthe other during the movement of the carrier in use. The forward end ofthe carrier bar 22 extends through the space between the plates 14, 15,the lower plate being provided with a notch 23 for guiding the bar inthe plane of the vertically alined track members. (See Fig. 6.)Extending transversely of the rack, ad- ]acentthe front thereof, is arod 24 which may be secured at its ends to the front corner posts 10.Spaced along the rod 24, in alinement with the slots 23, are rollers .25which support the forward ends .of the bars 22 and upon which the barsroll when the carriers are operated. Other friction reducingmeans mayofcourse be used if desired. v

The forward end of the carrier bar 22 extends beyond the front of therack, and has a magazine hanger 26 secured thereto which is curved orinclined to the rear as shown. Intermediate the ends of the hanger aportion is turned upwardly to form a hook 27 as shown in Figure 3.- Asimilar hanger 28 is secured to the rear end of the bar 22, said hangerhowever being inclined toward the front of the rack, and is providedwith a hook 29 similar to hook 27 and as the same height as the latter.The hangers 26 and 28, as will be seen in Figure '3, each have a portion26 and 28 respectively, which extend some distance below the hooks.

A magazine of the standard or conventional form is of the general sha eshown in the drawings, and as standar practice has a cross bar 31 bymeans of which it is supported in racks when not in use. The ends of thebar project slightly'beyond the edges of the magazine and are adapted toseat in the hooks 27, 29 as shown. As illustrated in Figure 3, asubstantial portion of the hanger-scontact with the magazine both atrolley above and below the supporting hooks 27, 29, and thus preventthe magazines from swinging or tilting on the cross bars 31.

lVhen it is desired to remove a magazme from a rack, the carrier ispulled forwardly, a suitable handle (not shown) being pro vided on theend of the carrier for this purpose, if desired. The carrier will moveeasily as the trolley travels on the lower track 17 while the forwardend of the bar rides on the roller 25. When the carrier reaches theouter position, it will tilt slightly about the roller as a pivot, whichmovement will carry the trolley into contact with the upper track member16. This tilting movement is very slight as the tracks are spaced toprevent any jolting of the carrier and magazine as will be seen. (SeeFig. 4;.) This construction provides a freely running carriage whichdoes not bind on its supporting members as the leverage upon the barapproaches the maximum due to the carrier being drawn to its outer-mostposition indicated by dotted lines in Figure 3. As illustrated in Fig.3, the inclinationof the rear hanger 28 is such that the hook 229 isclear of the forward portion of the rack when the carrier is in thedotted line position just mentioned. It will be obvious that a magazinecan be loaded on the carrier, or removed therefrom without the leastobstruction from any part of the apparatus and that when the carrier isso loaded it can be moved easily to its inner position. lVhen thecarriers are in their inner positions the magazines are entirely withinthe rack structure.

' One or more shelves 82 may be secured to the corner legs 10, 11beneath the mechanism described above as shown in Figure 1.

Although we have shown and described certain features of ourimprovements for the purpose of illustration, it will be apparent thatvarious changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit ofthe invention as defined in the appended claims.

\Vhat we claim is:

l. A printers magazine rack comprising a supporting frame, ahorizontally disposed track carried thereby extending from front to rearthereof, and a carrier movable along said track, said carrier beingprovided with a pair of hangers having magazine supporting members, saidhangers being inclined downwardly and toward the center of the framewhereby said supportin members are clear of the frame when the carrieris in the forward position and are within the rack when the carrier isin the rear position.

2. A printers magazine rack comprising a supporting frame, ahorizontally disposed track supported by the frame, a carrier movablealong the track, said carrier having a front hanger and a rear hangersecured thereto, said hangers being provided with magazine supportingmembers, said carri'er being movable to a position wherein both saidmagazine supporting members are clear of the frame whereby a magazinecan be positioned on or removed from said members without obstruction bythe frame and is movable inwardly to a position wherein the magazine isentirely within the rack.

3. A printers magazine rack comprising a supporting frame having frontand rear cross plates, a pair of track members extending horizontallybetween said plates, said tracks being disposed in spaced relation andin the same vertical plane, and a horizontally movable magazine carriercomprising a bar disposed substantially parallel to said track membersand being provided with a trolley supported and guided by said trackmembers during the movement of the carrier.

at. A printers magazine rack comprising a frame, a pair of horizontallydisposed vertically alined track members supported by said frame, and amagazine carrier movable along the track members, said carriercomprising a bar, a trolley secured thereto between said track members,and a pair of hangers having means for engaging and supporting amagazine in vertical position below said track members.

5. A printers magazine rack comprising a frame, a pair of horizontallydisposed vertically alined track members supported by said frame, and amagazine carrier movable along said track members, said carriercomprising a bar, a trolley secured thereto between said track members,and a pair of hangers having means for engaging and supporting amagazine in vertical position below said track members, said hangershaving extensions below said supporting means adapted to cooperate withupper portions of the hangers to prevent tilting of the magazine when inposition on said means.

6. A j paratus of the classdescribed com prising a supporting frame, apair of spaced front plates extending transversely of the frame, a rearplate parallel to said front plates, a pair of horizontally disposedvertically alined track members one secured to each of said front platesand both secured to the rear plate, a magazine carrier member comprisinga bar disposed between said track members and being provided with asupporting trolley adjacent its rear end, said trolley being supportedand guided by said track members, the forward portion of said barextending between said front plates, and a pair of hangers one securedto said bar forwardly of said front plates and the other being securedto the bar forwardly of the trolley, said hangers being adapted tosupport a magazine in'v'ertical position and to prevent the-same fromswinging from such position.

7. A printers magazine rack comprising a supporting frame, ahorizontally disposed track member extending from front to rearsupported by the frame, a carrier comprising a bar having a trolleysecured to the rear end thereof, said trolley being adapted to travel onsaid track, a roller adjacent the forward end of the track forsupporting said bar, said bar at the forward end extending beyond thefront of the frame, a hanger secured to the forward end of the bar andextending downwardly and inwardly to a position within the frame, asecond hanger secured to the rear portion of said bar and being inclineddownwardly and forwardly,

said hangers having magazine supporting hooks open at the top forpermitting a magazine to be freely positioned thereon or removedtherefrom, the inclination of the hangers being such that said hooks aredisposed entirely outside of the frame when the carrier is in outerposition whereby a magazine can be removed from or placed on the hookswithout obstruction of other portion of the apparatus.

8. A rack as defined in claim 7 in which the hangers have portionsextending below the hooks, said portions being adapted to cooperate withportions above the hooks to prevent the magazine from swinging on thelatter.

In witness whereof we have subscribed our names.

FRED M. J OERNDT. WILBUR A. J OERNDT.

